Pamela in the Garden

Pamela in the Garden

Pamela Page's expansive, 90- by 55-foot fenced-in plot initially overwhelmed her. "But it's amazing how fast I filled in every square inch of dirt," she says. "Within two years, I was already dreaming of what I could grow if only I had more space."

Early Gardening Roots

Early Gardening Roots

As an undergraduate, Page spent several semesters in France; she fell in love with the luscious produce that Provençal villagers raised in tidy potagers and the wild greens they gathered in meadows. Her husband Igor Jozsa, an inventive cook, learned to revere seasonal ingredients during his boyhood in Italy.